Entanglement Entropy of the Two-Dimensional +-J Ising Model on the Nishimori Line

Y. Sasagawa, H. Ueda, A. Gendiar, J. Genzor, T. Nishino

Published 2017-08-11Version 1

A classical analogue of the entanglement entropy is calculated on the system boundary of the two-dimensional Edwards-Anderson model, where the nearest-neighbor interaction is stochastically chosen from +J and -J. The boundary spin distribution is obtained by means of the time-evolving block decimation (TEBD) method, where the random ensemble is created from the successive multiplications of position-dependent transfer matrices, whose width is up to N = 300. The random average of the entanglement entropy is calculated on the Nishimori line, and it is confirmed that the entanglement entropy shows critical singularity at the Nishimori point. The central charge of the boundary state is estimated.